SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, operator of the Seoul subway system, said Thursday that an unused platform at Sinseol-dong Station on Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 2 was designated as ‘future heritage’ by the Seoul Metropolitan Government for the 12th time among subway stations. Sinseol-dong station was originally designed as a transfer [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi sharing, banned in South Korea for the past four decades, will be revived in a new way in Seoul this week thanks to the development of IT technology, the city government said Thursday. The Seoul government said cab ride-sharing services can be offered legally in the capital starting [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it will open up additional ‘little libraries’ in four districts by November of this year to allow citizens to read at local parks. The city, along with district authorities, is renovating old park facilities into libraries to minimize damage to the environment. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will create a walking deck floating above water on the Han River by the end of next year to offer new attractions, officials said Wednesday. The 192-meter-long deck, comprising a walking trail on the first floor and an observatory deck on the second floor, will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A member of Seoul’s municipal council has proposed an ordinance bill calling for the mayor to draw up a long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption and put it into action, officials said Monday. “The culture of thinking of pets as part of the family has already become a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 169 sinkholes formed in Seoul over the past seven years, the metropolitan government said Monday, amid a recent spate of cases of land subsidence on roads and other public places. The number of sinkholes, which refer to a depression or hole in the ground, surged from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, has surpassed 3.3 million members. One-third of all Seoulites now ride Ttaereungyi bicycles. In the seven years since the platform was launched, the bicycles have been used 91.65 million times, with the 100 million ride milestone expected to be [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will renovate worn-out buildings into low-carbon ones and increase the proportion of electric cars in the city by 2026 as part of efforts to respond to climate change, officials said Thursday. The measures were announced as part of a five-year project from 2022 to 2026 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Street vendor and shoe repair stalls, which used to dot the sidewalks of downtown Seoul, are now disappearing along with the change of the times. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the number of street vendor stalls and shoe repair stalls operating in downtown as of December stood at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Tuesday it will spend over 5.5 trillion won (US$4.6 billion) over the next five years to solve health, safety and housing problems of single-person households. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced the measure, saying his government will make greater efforts to improve the quality of [...]